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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Li: On homesickness

Li: On homesickness

January 20, 2022

Conventional wisdom seems to suggest that the older you are, the less homesick you’ll get. That being homesick is something associated with immaturity, being a little kid and that you’ll grow out of...

(Allison Ma/The Daily Northwestern) Students walk across Sheridan Road. A 2016 survey conducted by the UCLA Higher Research Education Institute reported that more than 70 percent of college freshman experience some degree of homesickness.

Feeling homesick? You’re not alone

October 11, 2018

Weinberg freshman Idan Katz said he regularly thinks about his home in Prague. “I miss the whole life of it: my friends, my house, my parents, my routine,” Katz said. “I feel like homesickness...

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